wb 11 not skinning File Explorer tabs

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I am using  WindowBlinds 11.02 on Windows 11 Professional 22H2.  It seems everything works except File Explorer tabs are not skinned.  I looked at all the wb settings and took the skin into skinstudio, but I don't see any option to make it work.  I would very much appreciate any help.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Which skin are you using? WB11 should skin the tabs. Try with one of the default skins that comes with WB11. Also, are you using Start11? Version?

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

I am using the latest start 11 and windowblinds 11.  I am using Psycho v.5, my favorite skin, that I reworked for windows 10.  Is there an option to add a png to skinstudio to skin the explorer tabs.  I would hate to give up psycho- such a beautiful piece of work from skoriginals.  If I can't fix this skin (originally from 2007), can I start with a win 11 skin and replace the pngs with the ones from psycho.  

I really appreciate your reply.  I hate the new explorer tabs.  Leave it to microsoft for "updating" and giving no option to disable it.

Star Control: Origins
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting beverly, reply 4

I will look into it.  Thanks again for your help.
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You're welcome.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

This is an old skin (2006), so could you just try to check "Do not use per pixel frames" in settings to see if that makes any difference. Checking that has solved issues several times for titlebars for me using older wbs. I'm not sure it will make any difference, but worth a try.

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Not sure if we are looking at the same place. But, from what I know there is no section to skin the new Explorer tabs in Windowblinds. What you can do is to make special titlebar for explorer and notepad with tab. So that at least the tab don't look out of place when applied WB skin.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting basj, reply 7

Not sure if we are looking at the same place. But, from what I know there is no section to skin the new Explorer tabs in Windowblinds. What you can do is to make special titlebar for explorer and notepad with tab. So that at least the tab don't look out of place when applied WB skin.



Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant
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how do you make that?

Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Urban1, reply 8

how do you make that?
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Which part you're asking/referring?

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

"to make special titlebar for explorer and notepad with tab. So that at least the tab don't look out of place when applied WB skin."

Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top

In skinstudio you will need to setup these two places. Caption (Tabbed) and Max Caption (Tabbed)

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

thank you

Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top

You welcome.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #14 from Stardock Forums Top

I want to thank everyone for help with the windows 11 explorer tabs not skinning.  I took all the advice and worked on it a couple of days, but in the end I couldn't make it work.  I decided to take the advice of the first responder and uninstall explorer tabs with vivetool.  Now that the tabs are gone, Psycho works great.  I first downloaded and installed it in 2006, and it works as well on windows 11 as it did on windows xp.

beverly

 

Reply #15 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting beverly, reply 14

I want to thank everyone for help with the windows 11 explorer tabs not skinning.  I took all the advice and worked on it a couple of days, but in the end I couldn't make it work.  I decided to take the advice of the first responder and uninstall explorer tabs with vivetool.  Now that the tabs are gone, Psycho works great.  I first downloaded and installed it in 2006, and it works as well on windows 11 as it did on windows xp.

beverly

 
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Glad to hear it, beverly. :thumbsup: